Car miniature, "Electric vechicles (EVs)" words, EU and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 26, 2023.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday that a demand by the European Union that it partipate in consultations within a "very short" period of time about a probe into electric vehicle subsidies is a severe infringment of China's rights.
The Chinese side had not been given adequate consultation materials, the Chinese Commerce ministry said in a statement.
The European Commission has said it will investigate whether to impose tariffs to shield European producers from a "flood" of cheaper Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports it says benefit from state subsidies.
China will pay close attention to the commission's investigative procedures and will safeguard the rights and interests of Chinese firms, it added.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Chen Aizhu, Christian Schmollinger
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Commerce, European, World Trade Organization, Thomson
Locations:
Rights SINGAPORE, China